New Delhi: India’s High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, has firmly pushed back against criticism over India’s continued oil imports from Russia, questioning the fairness of such scrutiny when other nations maintain similar energy relationships. Addressing questions about India’s ties with Russia, Doraiswami stressed that no country can simply “switch off its economy.” He pointed out the contradiction in how some nations continue purchasing rare earths and energy from the very sources they ask India to avoid. “Don’t you think that seems a little odd?” he remarked. India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, began sourcing more oil from Russia…
